Building A Better Memphis

2009 Community Report About Us... The Hyde Family Foundations are committed to building a better Memphis. Through active, engaged philanthropy, our mission is to empower the people and programs that are making measurable differences in the community, and to provide leadership on public policy issues that will help Memphis become a world-class, 21st century city.

Established in 1961, the Hyde Family Foundations identify, create and support public and private efforts capable of producing innovative, positive change in our city.

We are passionate about supporting high-impact initiatives in Memphis, focusing on three distinct areas of influence: Transforming Education Strengthening Neighborhoods Positioning Authentic Assets 1

Hyde Family Foundations 2009 Community Report

Dear Friends,

At the Hyde Family Foundations, we believe passionately in the people, places and things that make Memphis a special city, and we’re just as confident in the potential Memphis has to become a model city of the 21st century.

Photo by Trey Clark. by Trey Photo Our work puts us in contact with the smartest, most innovative, resourceful and selfless leaders in Memphis, all of whom are making a difference in one corner or another of the community. Their accomplishments are the building blocks that make Memphis a great place to live and to work, and their vision is what will make us even greater.

The Foundations’ philanthropic efforts are focused on three priorities: transforming education, strengthening neighborhoods, and positioning Memphis’ authentic assets. In this report to the community, you’ll read about some of the people and organizations that are achieving great things in each of these vitally important areas.

Ever since Pitt and Jeanne’s grandfather, J.R. Hyde Sr., created our first foundation in 1961, we’ve been fortunate to associate with visionary leaders who are tackling our city’s most pressing challenges. Over the years, our program partners have not only improved the quality of life of our people but have also positioned our city to successfully compete in the global marketplace. Together, we’re building a better Memphis. Our future is bright.

Sincerely,

Barbara Hyde President, J.R. Hyde III Family Foundation Trustee, J.R. Hyde Senior Family Foundation 2-3

Hyde Family Foundations 2009 Community Report Transforming Education

The Hyde Family Foundations believe that the most critical issue facing our city’s educational system is the challenge of closing the significant achievement gap that exists between lower- and higher-income students.

We are not wed to any one delivery system (public, independent, charter, etc.); rather, we support schools that set high expectations and standards, demonstrate a relentless focus on academic results, have strong leaders, and meet clear benchmarks for student success.

One such school in the Hyde network is the Power Center Academy, which like all charter schools is provided autonomy in exchange for accountability and results.

Memphis’ Power Center Academy is not yet a year old, but principal Yetta Lewis says she’s already collected memories to last a lifetime. Photos by Lisa Buser. by Lisa Buser. Photos

When she thinks of the positive impact the school is Yetta Lewis, Principal, Power Center Academy making on the 125 sixth-graders enrolled at the Hickory Hill neighborhood public charter school, she recalls the She remembers the student who scraped together enough moments in time when young lives began to be change to open a $1 student savings account, then proudly transformed. stood in line for 15 minutes the next day to see how much interest he had earned. She remembers the grandmother who visited her office one day to tell her that, for the first time in her grandson’s life, She remembers the budding artist who designed the he was making friends and enjoying school. school’s logo, the young entrepreneurs who launched their own comic book business, the future recruiter who convinced his neighborhood pal to apply for admission, tomorrow’s computer whizzes who arrive at school early each day to log in to their new MacBook laptops.

“Our mission is to develop the next generation of leaders for the Hickory Hill community and beyond, and we’re “Our students are engaged in accomplishing that by creating an atmosphere where students are excited to come to school,” said Lewis, a the learning process and are graduate of the New Leaders for New Schools program that prepares principals to successfully navigate the becoming critical thinkers.” challenges facing urban schools. “Our students are engaged in the learning process and are becoming critical thinkers.” – Yetta Lewis transforming education

More than half of the school’s teachers are products of the New Leaders - Since launching in 2004, the Memphis New Teach For America program, and the school’s curriculum Leaders for New Schools program has produced 56 graduates, revolves around five areas of focus: scholarship, technology with 12 current residents-in-training. The organization had a number of academic successes in Memphis in 2008: (hence the laptops for each student), financial literacy (the SunTrust student bank allows students to earn savings and – Four of the district’s 12 schools that made gains of 20-plus percentage points on student proficiency levels in math and manage a checkbook), entrepreneurship (students research reading were led by New Leaders-trained principals. and develop their own companies), and community service (students are required to perform six to eight hours of – Twenty-two percent of New Leaders-led schools made gains of 20-plus percentage points on student proficiency levels in service per year outside of school). While the school serves math and reading. only sixth-graders this year, a seventh grade will be added Top of Their Class - The 2007-08 class of Memphis Teach next year and eighth grade in 2010-2011. for America participants was the highest-performing corps in the United States. Twenty-two 2008 graduates of the Memphis Why are kids excelling at the Power Center Academy? Teach for America program are now working full time in the Consider these attributes of the school: a longer school day Memphis schools, including three department chairpersons and with more time to master core subjects, high expectations two corps members who are opening charter schools in 2010. and standards, talented and committed educators, a “Hire” Education - The New Teacher Project has brought demanding curriculum, and effective integration of about significant changes in teacher hiring practices in Memphis. After working with 20 of ’ lowest-performing technology. schools in 2008 – with most of these schools plagued with high vacancy rates at the beginning of each school year – TNTP was “Every student, if provided with a rigorous college-prep able to fill all vacancies well ahead of opening day (with curriculum and held to high expectations, can be candidates having higher GPAs and more candidates with master’s degrees). successful,” said Greg Thompson, education program director for the Foundations, which provided seed money to help launch the Academy and has provided ongoing assistance related to staffing, professional development and college, it is producing the homegrown talent that will strategic planning. “Not only is the Power Center drive our local economy and that will become engaged in Academy putting every one of its students on the path to our communities.” Power Center Academy 4-5

Hyde Family Foundations 2009 Community Report Strengthening Neighborhoods

When the Rev. Kenneth Robinson became the pastor at St. Andrew AME Church in 1991, he found the 30-year- old church – much like the neighborhood that surrounded it – in decline.

The church’s once-thriving day care facility was suffering, congregants were losing hope, area businesses were shuttering and nearby housing was deteriorating.

Robinson, ever the visionary, saw opportunity where few others even chose to look, and the result has been a transformation of the church with continuing ripple effects in the community. With broad-based support from the Hyde Family Foundations, a revitalized St. Andrew has served as a community anchor leading to a renaissance so profound that the Memphis Regional Design Center has chosen the south Memphis neighborhood as its initial showcase project.

Robinson started small, working to restore the childcare center; the center is now a licensed, three-star, nationally Photos by Lisa Buser. by Lisa Buser. Photos accredited facility. Rev. Kenneth Robinson, Pastor, St. Andrew AME Church From there, staff and volunteers turned their attention to older kids, developing after-school programs and alternative classrooms for at-risk children. The presence of vibrant, highly functioning neighborhoods is critical to Memphis becoming a The success of those programs gave birth to St. Andrew’s world-class, 21st century city. Because strong own charter school, the Circles of Success Learning neighborhood anchors make city-building possible, Academy, which is the first nationally accredited charter the Hyde Family Foundations support strategic school in . partnerships focused on asset-based neighborhood development.

One such example is St. Andrew AME Church, “Ours is a marvelously a 140-year-old congregation in south Memphis with several active ministries, including a world- diverse congregation with a class childcare center, charter school, community unified mission; our ability to center, and community development corporation (CDC), The Works, Inc. Through the efforts of the transform this neighborhood Rev. Kenneth Robinson and his congregation, St. Andrew has entered into a precedent-setting into a sustainable, healthy partnership with the city of Memphis to revitalize community will be the the surrounding neighborhood. ultimate measure of our success.” – Rev. Kenneth Robinson strengthening neighborhoods As the education needs of the neighborhood’s children began to be addressed, Robinson began to tackle other Memphis HOPE is a unique, public/private partnership in the city basic necessities for area residents, such as food and of Memphis designed to support the redevelopment of two of clothing. Memphis’ former housing projects, Lamar Terrace (now University Place) and Dixie Homes (now Legends Park) and provide families a path to self-sufficiency. But Robinson and the Foundations didn’t stop there. With a vision for using the power of the church and its Providing HOPE - More than five hundred former housing congregation to build a healthy, vibrant community, development families are moving toward self-sufficiency through the comprehensive programming of the HOPE VI community Robinson and the church’s CDC, The Works, Inc., took supportive services initiative. Since the Memphis HOPE program the unprecedented step of developing safe and affordable launched in 2006, there have been 248 job placements, with housing for residents of the community by building 22 107 adults reaching the milestone of 180-plus days of single-family homes, rehabilitating another 11 homes, continuous employment. and constructing the 80-unit Alpha Renaissance Homes Philanthropic Partnership - When completed, the two HOPE apartment building, the first new housing to be built in VI projects at University Place and Legends Park will account for the neighborhood in generations. more than $224 million of investment in physical revitalization and human capital in the Memphis community over an eight- year period. The work accomplished by St. Andrew has not gone unnoticed; as conditions improved, others in the Legendary Development - When completed in 2009, neighborhood followed suit – vacant lots have been Legends Park will consist of 134 multifamily-housing apartments, cleaned, the local neighborhood association has become a 45,000-square-foot mixed-use building with commercial space, and 24 additional apartments along Poplar Avenue. more active, storefronts have been repainted, and the police force has stepped up its visibility, leading to increased public safety. “Strong neighborhoods are the building blocks of any world-class city,” said Gretchen Wollert McLennon, Hyde In all, the renaissance in south Memphis is a testament to Family Foundations program officer. “The faith-based the power of neighborhood anchors and a potential model programs of the St. Andrew AME Church are some of for revitalization, not only in Memphis, but nationwide. Memphis’ greatest success stories.” St. Andrew AME Church 6-7

Hyde Family Foundations 2009 Community Report Positioning Authentic Assets Arts & Culture

Arts and cultural institutions are an essential component of a healthy city. In Memphis, a thriving arts community is the cornerstone of our city’s cultural capital and one of our greatest competitive advantages. Memphis is one of the few mid-size American cities with a nationally recognized ballet, symphony, opera, museum system and private college of art.

Recognizing these unique assets, the Hyde Family Foundations support arts and culture leaders who consistently deliver an outstanding product to Memphians and other audiences regionally and nationally.

A prime example is Ballet Memphis, a groundbreaking dance company that has successfully partnered with one of the city’s most venerable arts venues, Playhouse on the Square.

Playhouse on the Square Executive Producer Jackie by Lisa Buser. Photo Nichols and Ballet Memphis Artistic Director and CEO Dorothy Gunther Pugh, Artistic Director & CEO, Ballet Memphis Dorothy Gunther Pugh share a passion to see Memphis Jackie Nichols, Executive Producer, Playhouse on the Square become the performing arts capital of the South. Now, thanks to an innovative collaboration, they share a lot arts theater and outgrew its home. The organization more than that. decided to move forward with plans for a new theater in 2005. The story began in 1965 when Nichols, then a high school senior, founded what became known as Playhouse A fundraising campaign for the new venue – which will on the Square, Memphis’ sole professional theater nestled open in 2010 – was launched, and several organizations in the heart of Midtown. After 40 years of productions, eager to help bring the venue to fruition and to jump- Playhouse on the Square grew into a popular Memphis start the revitalization of Midtown came aboard. The Hyde Family Foundations’ involvement brought Ballet Memphis to the table.

Ballet Memphis was founded in 1986 by Pugh, then a recent Vanderbilt University graduate teaching dance “This is a great example of arts classes in Memphis. Over the years, she built the organization into a nationally acclaimed dance company – organizations collaborating, but something still wasn’t quite right. and it’s just the beginning.” – Jackie Nichols Photo courtesy of Basil Childers. arts and culture “While our audience numbers are up, we still have a difficult time filling a 2,000-seat venue such as the The Business of the Arts - Memphis’ arts-centric Orpheum Theatre, where we have been performing for businesses play an important role in building and sustaining years. We needed a more intimate place to perform in economic vibrancy; the city is home to 1,174 arts-related Midtown to get closer to our audience,” Pugh said. businesses that employ 7,637 people.

Hyde Family Foundations had an idea. Since Playhouse on The economic impact of arts and cultural organizations in the Square will not use the new theater every week when Memphis is more than $101 million. it opens, Ballet Memphis could use the facility during Playhouse on the Square’s off-weeks, giving Ballet Worldwide Impact - The National Civil Rights Museum is Memphis a better-suited venue in the heart of the city. one of just 17 accredited International Site Museums of Conscience in the world; the museum has hosted more than “This is a great example of arts organizations collaborating, and it’s just the beginning,” Nichols said. 2 million visitors. Playhouse on the Square is also opening its doors to the opera, symphony and other arts groups in the community. Animal Magnetism - The TripAdvisor Web site has ranked the the No. 1 zoo in America. Playhouse on the Square’s new venue will seat 350 and will be located on the northeast corner of Cooper and Union, across the street from its current location. “People want to live in a city with a thriving arts scene, “The Hyde Family Foundations work with innovative and Memphis’ nationally recognized ballet and partners such as Playhouse on the Square and Ballet performing arts theater give us that competitive Memphis to strengthen and showcase Memphis’ arts and advantage over other cities.” culture community,” said Gretchen Wollert McLennon, Hyde Family Foundations program officer. Ballet Memphis/Playhouse on the Square 8-9

Hyde Family Foundations 2009 Community Report Positioning Authentic Assets Civic Growth & Leadership

When Dr. Steven Bares talks about developing the infrastructure of the bioscience industry in Memphis, he isn’t just speaking of bricks and mortar, though they certainly are a big part of it. He is also talking about the miles of fiber optic cable and the secure housing and insulation of that cable that will make computational biology a growth industry for this city.

The development of that infrastructure moved forward dramatically in the past year, as the initial buildings for the UT-Baptist Research Park – the Regional Biocontainment Laboratory and the UT Pharmacy – neared completion. “When our facilities are complete we will see a dramatic change in our research capability,” Dr. Bares said. “It will be one more step toward making Memphis an international center for the development and commercialization of the biosciences.”

Dr. Bares, president of the Memphis Bioworks Foundation, has been shepherding the foundation toward success since its inception in 2001. And while Photo by Lisa Buser. by Lisa Buser. Photo infrastructure is important, Dr. Bares said the most critical Dr. Steven Bares, President, Memphis Bioworks Foundation challenge that Bioworks faces is finding the talent to fill the jobs once they’ve been created.

st “At the same time we’re building the Research Park, we To position Memphis for success in the 21 century, must also develop the workforce of young men and we must develop our unique civic assets. By women who will fill these jobs and do this work,” Dr. intensely focusing on our core strengths, we give Bares said. Memphis the “raw material” to compete in the knowledge-based economy of the future. The Memphis Academy of Science and Engineering, Tennessee’s first charter school which was created by the For the Hyde Family Foundations, this means Bioworks Foundation, will have its first graduating class building the “civic bench” by supporting efforts to develop, attract and retain Memphis’ next generation of leaders, as well as supporting partnerships between the business, nonprofit and government sectors that drive economic “At the same time we’re development around distinct assets. building the Research Park, One such example is the development of the we must also develop the Biosciences Corridor, which promises to consolidate the power of Memphis’ growing biosciences sector workforce of young men and while exponentially increasing the vitality of the women who will fill these surrounding neighborhood. jobs and do this work.” – Dr. Steven Bares Photo courtesy of Steve Roberts. civic growth and leadership in 2009. “We have 775 kids at MASE, all inner-city kids, and all of them going to college,” Dr. Bares said. “And we Booming Medical District - Roughly $1.5 billion in new need a lot more kids graduating from high school with investment is under way in the Memphis Medical District. math and science skills, and a lot more of our local Surrounding neighborhoods are undergoing a rebirth, including new residential housing that will help partner institutions attract colleges producing science majors. It’s a tremendous top talent. opportunity for Memphis.” Destination: Downtown - With $2 billion in development projects recently completed, under way or scheduled to begin, The Bioworks campus is being developed in cooperation downtown Memphis is experiencing the most dramatic period of with a larger neighborhood revitalization effort that is redevelopment in its history. transforming one of Memphis’ oldest residential areas. Talent Dividend - Memphis Challenge was created in 1989 Working with the Memphis Housing Authority, to provide academically gifted high school age students of color Bioworks has helped pass new zoning ordinances for the with educational, professional and leadership opportunities with neighborhood and helped secure HOPE VI grants that are the hope that these individuals will return to Memphis after creating a renaissance for this section of Memphis. completing their educations and become the next generation of leadership for the city. Since that time, more than 450 students have matriculated through the program, and many have returned And just as Bioworks seeks to develop homegrown talent, to Memphis to work in such fields as education, law, medicine, so too is it helping to identify the local entrepreneurs and and government. incubate the companies that will populate the Research Civic Bench - Over the next three years, Memphis Leadership Park campus. The successful launch of Innova, an early- Academy participants will give the equivalent of $1.5 million in stage investment fund designed to grow technology start- volunteer service hours. More than 150 former Fellows serve on ups, is another indication that Bioworks is moving closer metro Memphis nonprofit boards, and more than 50 are to fulfilling the vision that led to its creation. mentoring at-risk youth.

“It was a bold decision for the Hyde Family Foundations to make that initial investment,” Dr. Bares said. “For a The Research Triangle in North Carolina has been around long time, we were trying to convince the community for 55 years. We’re just getting started.” that this wasn’t just a pipe dream. Today people get it. Memphis Bioworks Foundation 10-11

Hyde Family Foundations 2009 Community Report Positioning Authentic Assets Greening Memphis

With distinctive parks and greenways and a unique natural landscape, Memphis, unlike any other city in America, is positioned for greatness when it comes to green space. In fact, no other city can boast assets like the downtown riverfront, and Park. By actively creating world-class master plans that move bold, catalytic projects from vision to success, our city has the opportunity to create the Memphis Greenprint – a thriving, interconnected network of parks and greenways that touches every neighborhood. The Hyde Family Foundations build the capacity of our strategic partners to effectively steward Memphis’ green assets, helping to develop exceptional organizations that guide the planning, design and implementation of high-impact projects.

The transformation of Shelby Farms Park into the Magazine. courtesy of RSVP Photo great American park of the 21st century is one Rick Masson, Executive Director, such project. Shelby Farms Park Conservancy Imagine a park large enough to plant a million new trees – a park with 20 lakes that is twice as large as New York’s In 1973, a process began to determine the best possible Central Park and San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park use for this remarkable, 4,500-acre tract of land. After combined. If you live in Memphis, you don’t have to years of stops and starts, within the last two years our imagine very hard, because the contours of this great park community has united to rapidly secure the future of exist as the crown jewel of a network of greenways and Shelby Farms Park through a conservation easement that green spaces that will reach all the way to the will protect the land from future development, the River, providing a recreational outlet for Memphians and transition of park management to the Shelby Farms Park transforming our city’s livability. Conservancy, and the completion of a master planning process with comprehensive public input. Much work has The story of Shelby Farms Park is one of an incredible been accomplished in a short amount of time, and a natural resource finally realizing its potential. consensus has emerged that will allow the park to realize its full potential as one of the great urban parks of the 21st century.

Shelby Farms Park is being To lead this transformation, the Shelby Farms Park Conservancy assembled a strong board of directors and transformed into one of the management team led by Executive Director Rick Masson. great American parks of the “With our blueprint for Shelby Farms Park in hand, the 21 st century. Conservancy is hard at work raising funds to shape the greening Memphis community’s vision into a reality,” Masson said. “We have great expectations for this park; it will play a prominent A Park Like No Other - Twice as big as New York City’s role in the lives of all residents of Memphis and Shelby Central Park and San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park combined, Shelby Farms Park is one of the United States’ largest County and become a signature attraction for visitors from concentrated parks in the heart of an urbanized county. across the nation.” Connecting the Community - The Wolf River Greenway will More than 700,000 people visited the park in 2008; in stretch 22 miles from the to Germantown, connecting diverse communities, parks and facilities. Benefits of 2009, design is under way on key components of the the trail include not just expanded recreational options for master plan’s first phase, including new gateways and Memphians, but also wetlands preservation, storm water signage, an innovative play space in the Plough Park area, management and flood control, and commercial and improved pedestrian circulation and an expanded Patriot entertainment opportunities. Lake. When the master plan is implemented in its A 13-mile expanse of railroad right-of-way will be converted into entirety, the park will provide opportunities for every a recreational greenbelt featuring a 10-foot-wide multi-use trail. form of recreation available in this region. Studies show that developed greenways can increase nearby property values by 30 percent; our city’s proposed greenbelts “Outdoor recreation is a key marker that young will generate millions of dollars in county and city property taxes. professionals look for in cities where they live and work, and Shelby Farms Park is going to set a new standard in this area,” said Lauren Taylor, the Hyde Family Foundations’ program officer for greening initiatives. “The Shelby Farms Park to the heart of Memphis. The park will also anchor an exciting network of green space Riverfront Development Corporation is creating an that will connect the city in a whole new way.” equally inviting interconnected greenscape and park presence on the banks of the Mississippi, which will be The Wolf River and an abandoned CSX railway are two anchored by the new Landing. And all of that long-existing corridors that are being reinvented as will be in addition to the City of Memphis Parks system, greenways to provide a recreational connection from which has the potential to be one of the best in the nation. Shelby Farms Park Conservancy 12-13

Hyde Family Foundations 2009 Community Report

Photos by Lisa Buser. Photo courtesy of Kate Phillips. 2008 Foundation Partners Alliance for Nonprofit Excellence Institute of Human Origins at Arizona State University American Cancer Society Jubilee Catholic Schools American Red Cross of the Mid-South Junior League of Memphis ArtsMemphis KIPP Memphis Ballet Memphis Lambuth University Baptist Memorial Health Care Foundation Land Trust for Tennessee Beale Street Caravan Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center Building Excellent Schools LEAD Academy Public Charter School Cate School M.O.S.T. Center for Research in Education Policy Major League Baseball Urban Youth Foundation Children’s Museum of Memphis Memphis Academy of Science and Engineering Christian Brothers University Memphis Bioworks Foundation Circles of Success Learning Academy Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Memphis Brooks Museum of Art Delta Axis Memphis Catholic High School Dress for Success Mid-South Memphis Challenge Exchange Club Family Center Memphis Farmers Market Experience Art in Memphis Memphis Redbirds Baseball Foundation Facing History and Ourselves Memphis Regional Chamber Foundation Freedom Preparatory Academy Charter School Memphis Regional Design Center Great Valley Presbyterian Church Memphis Rock ‘n’ Soul Museum Grizzlies Charitable Foundation Memphis Shelby Crime Commission Hattiloo Theatre Memphis Symphony Orchestra Idlewild Presbyterian Church Memphis Tomorrow InMotion Musculoskeletal Institute Memphis University School Memphis Zoological Society St. George’s Independent Schools Foundation Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association St. Mary’s Episcopal School Mid South Reads STAND for Children MPACT Memphis STAR Academy National Association for the Advancement of STREETS Ministries Colored People (NAACP) Teach For America National Civil Rights Museum Tennessee Charter Schools Association National Ornamental Metal Museum The Leadership Academy New Leaders for New Schools The New Teacher Project Partners In Public Education The Philanthropy Roundtable Planned Parenthood Greater Memphis Region The Power Center Academy Playhouse on the Square The Salvation Army Presbyterian Day School Trey McIntyre Project Promise Academy United Housing United Way of the Mid-South RISE Foundation Riverfront Development Corporation University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Roaring Fork Conservancy Victorian Village Inc. Community Development Rust College Corporation Shelby County Books from Birth Volunteer Memphis Shelby Farms Park Conservancy WEVL Smart City Foundation Wolf River Conservancy Soulsville Charter School Women’s Foundation for a Greater Memphis Southwest Tennessee Community College Youth Villages St. Andrew AME Church 14-15

Hyde Family Foundations 2009 Community Report

Photo courtesy of Benny Lendermon. Photo by Lisa Buser. Looking Ahead

As we look to the future, the overarching goal of the Transforming Education: Hyde Family Foundations remains as concise as it is In the category of education, we expect to see significant ambitious: to help Memphis become a world-class 21st developments for Memphis in terms of the quality of our century city that can successfully compete in the global schools and our educators, and in statewide standards and marketplace. assessments — all of which will help narrow the achievement gap in Memphis. We will continue working to accomplish that goal by focusing on three areas of influence: For example, the Memphis Academy of Science and Ensuring that all children have access to a great Engineering, the first charter school in the state of education Tennessee which serves a high percentage of economically Strengthening neighborhoods in Memphis’ urban core disadvantaged students, will graduate its first class in Positioning the civic and cultural assets of our city that 2009, sending 100 percent of its students to college. are unique to Memphis Strengthening Neighborhoods: “One of the most rewarding aspects of the Foundations’ Neighborhoods in Memphis will be strengthened in work,” said Hyde Family Foundations Executive Director several noteworthy ways: Teresa Sloyan, “is that these goals do not begin with, end University Place Phase III will be completed, and a new with, or belong to us – they are the goals of the police precinct will begin construction; community. It is community leaders and volunteers who Legends Park residents will move into Phase I as Phase will see that they become reality.” II gets under way; and Photo courtesy of Kate Phillips.

The St. Andrew neighborhood master plan, a A master plan for Mud Island River Park and a partnership with the Memphis Regional Design Center programming plan for Beale Street Landing will be and the University of Memphis, will be finalized. developed with focused input from neighborhood and community stakeholders. Positioning Memphis: The Memphis Zoo will dedicate its newest exhibit, In the area of positioning authentic assets, a number of Teton Trek, and work will begin on the Zambezi River major ongoing projects will reach critical stages of Camp. development: Work on the new Playhouse on the Square theater will The National Civil Rights Museum will select an be nearing completion providing an important exhibit designer, and a major renovation will be neighborhood anchor for Midtown as well as much- under way on its historic site. needed practice and performance space for local arts Major anchor buildings will open on the campus of the organizations. UT-Baptist Research Park. Phase I projects at Shelby Farms Park have been As always, the Hyde Family Foundations will work with launched, and the first phase of the Memphis Wolf the innovative community leaders and organizations River Greenway will break ground with a targeted early making a difference in these areas, not merely as a check 2010 completion date. writer, but as an engaged, involved partner committed to a brighter future for Memphis. 16

Hyde Family Foundations 2009 Community Report

Photo courtesy of Drew Smith/Memphis Zoo.

J.R. Hyde Senior Family Hyde Family Foundations – Staff Foundation Board of Directors Teresa Sloyan – Executive Director J.R. Hyde III – President Courtney Leon – Grants Manager Jeanne Varnell – Secretary Gretchen Wollert McLennon – Program Ruth Bernabe Officer Barbara Hyde Melodye Ruby – Events Coordinator John Pontius Molly Ryan – Program Associate Henry Varnell Lauren Taylor – Program Officer for Greening J.R. Hyde III Family Initiatives Foundation Board of Directors Greg Thompson – Program Director for Barbara Hyde – President Education J.R. Hyde III Kim Tobin – Executive Assistant to the Allen B. Hyde Executive Director Margaret E. Hyde John Pontius

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